DPC SIG Endorses Global Congress Asia Pacific Presentations

The DPC SIG is endorsing the following presentations at the PMI® Global Congress Asia Pacific:

ADV01   Avoiding the Successful Failure! by Lynda M Bourne, DPM, PMP
ADV02   A Broad View of Project Change Management by William T Craddock
ADV04   Project Portfolio Management Techniques by Sandeep Mathur, PMP, MPD
ADV06   Linking PMI's Standards to Project Governance by Patrick Weaver, PMP, FAICD
ADV12   Earned Schedule: A Breakthrough Extension to Earned Value Management by
             Kym Henderson, RFD, MSc, BBus
COM01  The Project Manager's Quest for Professional Identity by Manon Deguire
COM02  Increasing Influence Equity in Project Management by Juergen Oschadleus, MBA, PMP
FND01   Take the Mystery out of Earned Value Project Management by Kristy Tan, PMP
ISS03    Who Owns the Float? by Ondiappan (Ari) Arivazhagan, PMP, SSGB
TRN03   Innovations in Risk Management by Madhavan S Rao, PMP

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Volunteers Needed to Review Papers for
North American Global Congress

Earn PDUs and receive 20% discount off Congress registration

PMI is looking for two reviewers from the DPC SIG to review papers for next year's PMI® North American Global Congress. Each reviewer will be assigned approximately 20 – 25 submissions to review and score. Once a reviewer becomes comfortable with the process, experience has shown it takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete each review.

If you you are interesting in volunteering, please contact Jacqueline.kardon@pmi.org no later than
22 December. You will need to provide your name, email, and that your are a DPC SIG member.

Volunteers Needed to Staff the
PMI® Pavilion at ProjectWorld in Toronto

If you are planning on attending ProjectWorld Canada in Toronto,
26-30 March, 2007, please consider volunteering to work at PMI's booth. Work schedules would be limited to two-hours on the afternoon of 27 March, all day 28 March and the morning of 29 March.

If you have a couple of hours to spare and would like to work at the booth responding to inquiries about the DPC SIG, please let us know.

Volunteer to work at the PMI Pavilion.

Volunteer Opportunities

The DPC SIG is a volunteer-driven organization. We encourage our members to be actively involved in SIG activities and special projects by:

• filling leadership positions within the organization: Vice Chairs, Deputies, Committee Members
• contributing articles to The Project Management Standard newsletter
• managing special projects
• working on designated project activities, Local Interest Group (LIG) meetings and professional development conferences

Volunteer today. You will find it most rewarding, both professionally and personally!

View the current DPC SIG Organization Chart which lists available positions.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the DPC SIG Administrator. Please let us know the the area(s) in which you would be interested in volunteering and we will find a place for you.